Cytotoxin genes of Helicobacter pylori in chronic gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer and gastric cancer: An age and gender matched case-control study

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 532-536

  Matsukura, Norio ^a   Onda, Masahiko ^a   Kato, Shunji ^a   Hasegawa, Hirokazu ^a   Okawa, Kei Ichi ^a   Shirakawa, Takasi ^a   Tokunaga, Akira ^a   Yamashita, Kiyohiko ^a   Hayashi, Akio ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

cagA; Gastric cancer; Gastroduodenal ulcer; Helicobacter pylori; vacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH JUICE;

EID: 0030876012     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00415.x     Document Type: Article

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